Recognised as Colour

#E6E183

#E6E183
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6E183 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 225, 131 and HSL 57°, 66%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6E183#E6E183

HEX#E6E183

RGBrgb(230, 225, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8824, 0.5137

RGB percentages90.2%, 88.2%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(57, 66.4%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 43%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 2.2%, 43%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,131,011

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E183;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.46:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#191E7C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFDB7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DF87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D6CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 3.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.6 Navajo white · ΔE 24.2 Moccasin · ΔE 24.6 Wheat · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.52, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8388E6

Analogous#E6AF83, #B9E683

Triadic#83E6E1, #E183E6

Split complementary#83B9E6, #B083E6

Tetradic#83E6B0, #8388E6, #E683B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F6D8

Lighter +10%#EFEBAD

Darker −10%#DDD759

Darker −20%#D5CC2E

Darker −30%#ADA623

Darker −40%#837D1A

More saturated +25%#F9F270

Less saturated −25%#D3D096

Channel breakdown

R230

G225

B131

Red230 (90.2%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue56.97°

Saturation (HSL)66.44%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G E1 · B 83

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